The Federal Government has revealed details of its scheme to lower skill and pay requirements for semi-skilled foreign workers in the final guidelines of its Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) program. DAMAs allow states, territories or regions to respond to labour market shortages with labour agreements lowering the migration standards for...
Govt confirms regional agreements to lower 457 visa conditions
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Alex company paid weekly ‘union fees' of $2,500
A construction company owned by underworld identity George Alex recorded weekly $2,500 withdrawals as “union payments” but its senior managers have denied knowing whether the money actually went to the union. The Trade Union Royal Commission began hearings today into the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union's (CFMEU) links to Alex'...
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FWC stops CFMEU Brisbane showground action
The Fair Work Commission has issued an order to the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) and its members not to conduct industrial action at Lend Lease's Brisbane Showgrounds site. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards issued the order, which also covers employees of subcontractors on the site, on Friday (August 29). The order came in...
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Email cleanout may have destroyed vital CFMEU NSW docs, cmn hears
Emails to and from senior officials of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy (CFMEU) NSW construction and general division branch were permanently deleted in a cleanout that may have destroyed documents relevant to the Trade Union Royal Commission, it was revealed in today's (September 9) hearing. The union maintains the cleanout - which bega...
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Self-confessed chronic pot smoker sacking harsh but not unfair
The Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found sacking a driver who self-reported he was a long-time cannabis user was not unfair because his “lifestyle choices” could not be reconciled with the employer's workplace safety obligations. Senior Deputy President Peter Richards accepted Lyndons Pty Ltd's dismissal of vehicle operator Chris Collin...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Super increases delayed until 2021
Mining tax repeal legislation that freezes the superannuation guarantee for seven years has passed the Senate as part of a deal between the Federal Government, the Palmer United Party and Motoring Enthusiasts Senator Ricky Muir. The super guarantee increased to 9.5% this financial year and was set to increase to 10% from July 1, 2015, with further ...
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Intimidating FWBC inspectors is a crime, Royal Cmn hears
Union members who intimidate Fair Work Building Construction (FWBC) investigators by conduct including swearing may be guilty of crimes including obstruction of a public official or assault, the Trade Union Royal Commission has heard. Counsel assisting Jeremy Stoljar SC said in his opening statement on Tuesday (September 2) the hearing would look a...
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Serving out notice period made unfair dismissal application in time
The Fair Work Commission has refused an employer's argument an unfair dismissal application was out of time after finding the employee's four months' unpaid work at the company post-resignation was part of her notice period. Dr Debbie Obatoki was an employee of Mallee Track Health & Community Services (MTHCS) but worked under an arrangement whe...
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Labour productivity strong as real income declines
Labour productivity recorded an annual growth rate of 3.2% in the last financial year, according to the latest national accounts. The data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed gross value added per hour worked in the market sector increased on a trend basis by 0.9% in the June quarter 2014. That amounted to an annu...
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Employers unlikely to pass on super freeze as wage rises: AiG
The Federal Government has said workers do not have to re-open enterprise agreements (EA) to lock in extra pay increases resulting from its seven-year freeze of the superannuation guarantee (SG), falsely suggesting the money formerly set aside for super will go straight into workers' pay packets. However, Australian Industry Group (AiG) has confirm...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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UV makes new push for members after ten years of stability
Growth in union membership is the key to United Voice's (UV's) future, incoming national secretary David O'Byrne has told the union's national council meeting. “We cannot be small and powerful,” O'Byrne told this week's meeting. “We can be one, but not both.” O'Byrne, who was formally made national secretary at the meeting, ...
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Fiduciary duty may be new source of employee rights: academic
Fiduciary duties owed by employers could be a new source of rights for vulnerable workers especially those without contractual claims, according to labour law expert Associate Professor Jill Murray. Murray made the comments presenting her paper ‘The employer as fiduciary?' at a Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law seminar in Melbour...
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‘Docility in the face of employer wrong' not relevant to penalty
The Full Federal Court has held the fact a worker employed on commission passively accepted being underpaid was irrelevant to interpreting his contract and calculating a penalty against his employer. Stratton Finance Pty Ltd employed John Webb to arrange automobile finance for customers in exchange for 40% of gross commission on deals he settled. I...
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Govt introduces Bill to cut Fair Entitlements Guarantee
The Federal Government has introduced a Bill to cut the Fair Entitlements Guarantee (FEG) to a maximum of 16 weeks' redundancy payments, as announced in the May budget ( WF19145 ). The govt introduced the FEG Amendment Bill 2014 to the House of Representatives today (September 4). The Bill's explanatory memorandum said it caps the financial assista...
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Lis-Con said no super for the Irish: CFMEU
A former Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) official has alleged construction company Lis-Con told him it did not have to pay superannuation to Irish workers on working visas because they were going back to Ireland. Ex-CFMEU Qld assistant secretary Peter Close made the allegations in his statement to the Trade Union Royal Commission ...
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Editor: David Marin-Guzman, (02) 8587 7682, david.marin-guzman@thomsonreuters.com . Chief Journalist: Paul Karp. Journalist: Steve Andrew. Managing Editor: Peter Schwab. Twitter: @WorkforceTR
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Super increases delayed until 2021
WFD: Mining tax repeal legislation that freezes the superannuation guarantee for seven years has passed the Senate as part of a deal between the Federal Government, the Palmer United Party and Motoring Enthusiasts Senator Ricky Muir. The super guarantee increased to 9.5% this financial year and was set to increase to 10% from July 1, 2015, with fur...
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